Former Texas National Championship QB Duke Carlisle Dies at 84

Steve Sarkisian’s Texas Mourns National Championship QB Dead at 84

Texas football is mourning the loss of Duke Carlisle, the quarterback who helped the Longhorns capture their first national championship in the 1964 Cotton Bowl.  Carlisle passed away this Friday in Lockhart at 84 after a seven-year battle with lung cancer, leaving behind a legacy built on a handful of plays that helped define one […]

Former Texas national championship QB Duke Carlisle dies at 84

The former quarterback led the Longhorns to an undefeated season in 1964, winning the team's first national championship.

Former Texas national championship QB Duke Carlisle dead at 84

Duke Carlisle, the former Texas quarterback who led the Longhorns to an undefeated season and the national championship in 1964, died Friday after a battle with lung cancer. He was 84. Carlisle was named the game’s MVP in the 1963-64 Cotton Bowl victory over Roger Staubach and Navy for Texas’s first national title more than...

Texas national-championship quarterback dead at 84

Former Texas quarterback Duke Carlisle died Friday at the age of 84.

Duke Carlisle, Texas Longhorns Quarterback Who Led the Program to Its First National Championship, Dies at 84

On New Year’s Day 1964, with a heavy-hearted Dallas still in mourning just miles from the Cotton Bowl, a lean young quarterback delivered one of the finest performances in college football history. Duke Carlisle, the Texas Longhorns signal caller who guided the program to its first national championship and never lost a game as a […]